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Re: Does an accessible video player that works correctly in all major browsers exist?

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Jun 27, 2014 2:33AM

Maybe you should think about the difference between open source and free of charge.

Open sourcing the player might get you valuable input from volunteers, e..g. suggested code fixes etc. (free of charge for you, doing some of the work you are now doing yourself).

At the same time you could set the license such that certain uses are only allowed for a fee (possibly the same fees you are asking for now).


Just an idea….

Olaf



On 27 Jun 2014, at 05:50, Gian Wild < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Unfortunately no. We spend a day each fortnight testing OzPlayer on new
> browser versions, mobiles etc and so we need to recoup that cost. One of
> the things we found with existing players that claimed to be accessible is
> that they were not maintained and therefore quickly became inaccessible (eg
> keyboard traps in Firefox).